Plans for a single integrated management team to run council and NHS services in part of Lancashire are expected to be approved this week. The radical move by Blackburn with Darwen Council and Blackburn with Darwen Teaching Care Trust Plus is designed to protect frontline services and improve local health.

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Nottingham City Council has become one of the first councils in the country to launch innovative safeguarding awareness training for all staff, irrespective of the job they do or which department of the council they work for. Basic Safeguarding Awareness is being rolled out to about 10,000 staff and is seen as useful to them in their personal lives as well as in their professional roles.

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This programme is now available to view on localgov.tv the online television channel for public service modernisation. It explores how local authorities can save half a billion pounds by reducing their energy consumption, according to the Energy Saving Trust.

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